Medical Significance
Until recently CWS was considered extremely rare and it is now recognized slightly more often as an acute phase of focal brain damage. While CWS patients do not suffer from any serious effects, dreaming is believed to provide some relatively important functions to the health of the human mind. It is hypothesized that a Reverse learning mechanism occurs while dreaming that facilitate the unlearning of unfavorable pathways to the organism. Complete failure of such as system has been postulated to lead to a state of almost perpetual obsession coupled with hallucinatory associations. In addition it has been postulated that dreams account for emotional preservation, with the emotions one feels during nightmares and joyful dreams solidifying and checking the successful ability to express them. Lastly Freudian Dream Content Analysis, although lacking in credibility in the modern scientific community, once held that dreams hold the key to understanding and emancipating the subconscious.
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